Today in History

1854
inventor, Walter Hunt receives 1st U.S. patent for paper shirt collar
1871
carousel is patented by Wilhelm Schneider in Davenport, Iowa
1940
U.S. swimmer, John Sigmund begins swimming from St Louis to Cauitherville, MIss,took him 89hrs, 46 min to swim 292 miles longest solo swim in history
1964
Beatles album' A Hard Days Night' hits #1 on music charts stays there for 14weeks
1985
spokeswoman for film actor, Rock Hudson confirms he has AIDS,he dies 4 months later Oct 2nd age 59
2016
Verizon announces purchase of Yahoo for $4.83 billion
 

On This Day In History, July 26th

1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is signed into law
The law banned discrimination based on disability.

1965 Independence of Maldives
The Indian Ocean Island nation gained independence after 78 years of British rule.

1963 Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite is launched
Part of NASA's Syncom program, it was responsible for transmitting the first TV signal from a geosynchronous satellite, a manmade satellite whose orbital period around the Earth matches the Earth's rotation.

1945 Potsdam Declaration is signed
Also known as the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, the declaration signed by the US, UK, and China, detailed the terms of surrender for Japan after World War II.

1847 The country of Liberia is founded
This West African state was founded primarily by freed slaves from the United States. The Liberian constitution was based on the US's constitution and the capital, Monrovia, is named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.
 
Births On This Day, July 26th 🎂

1943 Mick Jagger
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1928 Stanley Kubrick
American director

1894 Aldous Huxley
English author

1875 Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist

1856 George Bernard Shaw
Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day, July 26th 🪦

1995 George W. Romney
American businessman, politician

1952 Eva Perón
Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina

1925 William Jennings Bryan
American politician, 41st United States Secretary of State

1863 Sam Houston
American soldier, politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas

796 Offa of Mercia
 

26th July

1945 Churchill lost general election. Clement Attlee was elected Britain's new prime minister after Labour won a sweeping victory in the general election.The outgoing prime minister and great wartime leader Winston Churchill tendered his resignation immediately.

1956 Egypt's president, Colonel Nasser, announces the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company to provide funding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

1958 In Britain, debutantes were presented at the Royal Court for the last time.

1963 Yugoslav earthquake. The catastrophic event caused heavy losses of life and property, killing more than 1,070 people, injuring around 4,000 and leaving more than 200,000 people homeless.
 
July 27th:
1586
explorer, Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virgina
1890
Dutch painter, Vincent Van Gogh shoots himself dies 2 days later
1909
Orville Wright successfully tests Wright Military Flyer,world's 1st military airplane. He made record flight of 11hrs,12 min flying at 40mph
1940
Billboard Magazine starts publishing best seller charts
1965
Pres Lyndon Johnson signs bill which requires cigarette companies to print health warnings on all cigarette packages
1991
TV Guide's 2,000th issue has actress, Angela Landsbury on the cover
2012
Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London
 
On This Day In History, July 28th

2005 IRA Army Council Announces End to Armed Campaign
The Provisional Irish Republican Army, also known as IRA, announced an end to its armed campaign in the group's effort to free Northern Ireland from United Kingdom's rule.

1958 National Aeronautics and Space Act is passed by the US Congress
The act established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1928 IX Summer Olympics open
The IX Summer Olympics opened in Amsterdam

1821 Peru declares independence
The Peruvian War of Independence against Spain began in 1811 and ended with a declaration of independence under the leadership of José de San Martín.
 
Births On This Day, July 28th 🎂

1990 Soulja Boy
American rapper, producer, actor

1954 Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan military officer, politician, President of Venezuela

1938 Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian politician

1929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
American book editor, 37th First Lady of the United States

1902 Karl Popper
Austrian/English philosopher

Deaths On This Day, July 28th 🪦

2004 Francis Crick
English biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate

1968 Otto Hahn
German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1750 Johann Sebastian Bach
German organist, composer

1741 Antonio Vivaldi
Italian violinist, composer

1540 Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
 
28th July 1954

The first press interview with 19-year-old Elvis Presley was published in his hometown newspaper, Memphis Press-Scimitar.
Columnist Edwin Howard had quickly spoken with Elvis the day before while the singer took a lunch break from his truck driving job at Crown Electric.
In his column Howard wrote, "This boy has something that seems to appeal to everybody... equally popular on Popular, Folk and Race Record programs."
 
28th July 1958

Billboard magazine reports on a claim from the Esso Research Center "...tuning in Rock 'n' Roll music on a car radio can cost a motorist money, because the rhythm can cause a driver to unconsciously jiggle the gas pedal, thus wasting fuel." :LOL:
 
On This Day In History, July 29th

2008 United States Congress apologizes for slavery
The U.S. House of Representatives publicly apologized for the institution of slavery and Jim Crow laws that discriminated against African Americans.

1981 Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer
The most talked about wedding of the year was watched on television by millions of people worldwide. The couple were married in St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom, and divorced 15 years later in 1996.

1957 The International Atomic Energy Agency is established
The independent agency aims to ban the use of nuclear energy for military purposes. American W. Sterling Cole served as the agency's first director general.

1948 The XIV Olympics opened in London, United Kingdom after a 12-year hiatus due to the Second World War
The last Summer Olympics before this were held in Berlin in 1936.

1836 The Arc de Triomphe is inaugurated in Paris, France
The famous monument honors those to dies while fighting for France during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. It was designed by Jean Chalgrin.

History Of Arc
 
Births On This Day, July 29th 🎂

1981 Fernando Alonso
Spanish race car driver

1938 Peter Jennings
Canadian/American journalist

1905 Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate

1883 Benito Mussolini
Italian politician, Dictator of Italy

1805 Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian, scientist

Deaths On This Day, July 29th 🪦

1983 Luis Buñuel
Spanish director, producer

1974 Erich Kästner
German author, poet

1970 John Barbirolli
English cellist, conductor

1890 Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter

1833 William Wilberforce
English politician, philanthropist
 
29th July

1565 Twenty-three-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, married nineteen-year-old Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.

1567 James VI was crowned King of Scotland at Stirling. James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots and her second husband, Lord Darnley. He was less than a year old when he saw his mother for the last time, and thirteen months old when he was crowned King of Scots in Stirling after her forced abdication.

1930 The airship R100 began its first passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada. The R-100 departed Cardington, Bedfordshire, for Canada under the command of captain Ralph Sleigh Booth on the evening of Tuesday, July 29, 1930, with 37 crew and six passengers, including deputy chief engineer Nevil Shute Norway (who using his pen name Nevil Shute became a famous novelist).

1968 The Pope renewed birth control ban. Pope Paul VI confirmed a ban on the use of contraceptives by Roman Catholics in spite of a Church commission's recommendation for change.Most members of the Pontifical Commission, set up by Pope Paul's predecessor Pope John XXIII, argued it was time for the Church to face the realities of the modern world.

1976 Fire destroyed the famous pierhead at the end of the world's longest pier, in Southend, on England's south-east coast.
 
1836
inaugration of Arc de Triomphe in Paris,to honor those who fought in French Revolution&Napolenic Wars, took 30 yrs to build
1907
Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boys Scouts in England
1927
1st iron lung is installed at Bellevue Hospital in NYC
1975
Gerald Ford becomes the 1st U. S. President to visit Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz
1981
Lady Diana Spencer marries Prince Charles at St. Paul's Cathedral in London,globally 750 million in 74 countries tune in
2015
Microsoft launches Windows 10
 
On This Day In History, July 30th

2002 Pretoria Accord signed
The Pretoria Accord was signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda as an attempt to end the Second Congo War

1980 The Israeli Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law and adds it to Israel's Basic Law
The law declared Jerusalem the unified capital of Israel.

1980 Vanuatu gains independence
The Republic of Vanuatu gained independence from France and UK.

1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles
The tenth Summer Olympics was officially opened. This was the second time that the city of Los Angeles was hosting the multi-event international sports meet.
 
Births On This Day, July 30th 🎂

1974 Hilary Swank
American actress

1970 Christopher Nolan
English/American director, screenwriter, producer

1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian/American bodybuilder, actor, politician, 38th Governor of California

1863 Henry Ford
American businessman founded the Ford Motor Company

1818 Emily Brontë
English novelist

Deaths On This Day, July 30th 🪦

2007 Ingmar Bergman
Swedish director

1996 Claudette Colbert
American actress

1912 Emperor Meiji
of Japan

1898 Otto von Bismarck
German politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire

1718 William Penn
English businessman, founder of Pennsylvania
 
30 July 1935
The first Penguin paperbacks were a set of 10 books costing 6d each, published in England and started the paperback revolution, many believed it would not be profitable but following the purchase of 63,000 books by Woolworth within 12 months one million Penguin books are sold.
The set included
The Mysterious affair at Styles - Agatha Christie
Farewell to arms - Ernest Hemingway
Ariel - Andre Maurois
Madam Clair - Susan Ertz
Twenty five - Beverly Nichols
Poet's pub - Erik Linklater
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L Sayers
William - E H Young
Gone to Earth - Mary Webb
Carnival - Compton Mackenzie
 
30 July 1971
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin land on the moon with the first lunar rover and begin exploring the moon's surface.
Scott jumped down to the footpad and then onto the lunar surface itself, saying,
“As I stand out here in the wonders of the unknown at Hadley, (Hadley-Apennine landing site) I sort of realize there's a fundamental truth to our nature. Man must explore. And this is exploration at its greatest.”
 
On This Day In History, August 2nd

1998 Second Congo War Begins
The deadliest war in Africa, the war and its aftermath has killed an estimated 5.4 million people. The war started with a mutiny in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and soon involved 9 African nations. It lasted for 5 years.

1990 Invasion of Kuwait begins
In 2 days Iraqi forces had overrun Kuwaiti forces and Saddam Hussein declared Kuwait as the 19th province of Iraq. The invasion lasted for 7 months and ended after a UN-authorized coalition force led by the United States intervened.

1958 The Arab Federation is dissolved
The short-lived federation of Jordan and Iraq was dissolved after King Faisal of Iraq was deposed and assassinated during the 14 July Revolution.

1945 The Potsdam Conference which is convened to negotiate the terms of the end of WW II comes to an end
Representatives from the US, U.K., and Soviet Union participated in the conference.

1870 World's first underground railway opened
The Tower Subway beneath River Thames in London opened its doors to passengers. The subway was closed within a few months because of bankruptcy. The tunnel is now used for utilities.


History of the underground railway
 

Births On This Day, August 2nd 🎂

1981 Alexander Emelianenko
Russian mixed martial artist

1964 Mary-Louise Parker
American actress

1932 Peter O'Toole
Irish actor

1892 Jack Warner
Canadian/American film producer

1820 John Tyndall
British physicist

Deaths On This Day, August 2nd 🪦

1997 Fela Kuti
Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, activist

1934 Paul von Hindenburg
Prussian/German field marshal, politician, 2nd President of Germany

1923 Warren G. Harding
American politician, 29th President of the United States

1922 Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish/American engineer invented the Telephone

1921 Enrico Caruso
Italian tenor
 
2nd August

924 The death, at Oxford, of Ælfweard of Wessex, who was briefly King of the Anglo-Saxons. Ælfweard died only 16 days after his father and was buried at the New Minster, Winchester.

1100 King William II of England, (often known as William Rufus) son of William the Conqueror died on 2 August 1100, after being shot by an arrow whilst hunting in the New Forest. He was succeeded by his young brother, Henry I 'Beauclec'.

1784 The first specially-built Royal Mail coach began its scheduled service from Bristol to London. The coach, funded by Palmer, left Bristol at 4 pm on 2 August 1784 and arrived in London just 16 hours later. Impressed by the trial run, Pitt authorised the creation of new routes.

1973 50 people were killed and 80 seriously injured when fire swept through the Summerland Amusement Centre at Douglas on the Isle of Man. Opened with much fanfare a little more than two years earlier on 25 May 1971, the Å2m climate-controlled building boasted restaurants and bars, an indoor heated swimming pool, saunas, a children's theatre and an underground disco. It was billed as the most innovative indoor entertainment centre in the world and could house up to 10,000 tourists. However, the building's exterior and interior were designed by different architects, resulting in significant fire risks that went unnoticed.

About 3,000 people were inside the complex when the blaze began, caused by a match discarded by three boys smoking in an outside kiosk.

2014 49 year old Stuart Kettell completed his challenge to push a Brussels sprout up Snowdon using his nose. It took him 3 days and he raised more than £6000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
 

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